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Newspaper Page TextFOUR NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949 Si." It - ' , S1 ' K V 'l O vmm J '-3 .' ! - - v if A ''nit A 1 i Publlthad Dolly Sxoopt Sunday by tha Newi-Review Company, Inc. lalaral aaeaai ilui miliar Mar T, llll, l laa aaat tin at Raaabarf, Oraaaa, aao'ar ael at afaraa a, 187t CHARLES V. STANTON fT3. EDWIN U KNAPP Editor M.n.g.r Mmbr of tho Associated Pratt, Ortgon Newspaper Publlahen Auoolatlon, the Audit Bureau of Clroulatlona aaraaaelaf br WMT-HOLLIDAY CO.. INC, etfteaa la Kw Yark, Cbleara, aaa franolaaa, Laa Aafalaa. aaaltla, rarllaai. St, Laala. UB1CHIPTION EATES la Oraaaa By Mall Far Taar ll.ae, ala maathl H.a, Ibraa maalha S3.S0. Br City Carrlar Par raar SlO.ae (la airaaoa), lata tbaa aaa raar, par moath ll.Aa. OaUlda Orafaa Br Mall Tar raar SB.M, all aiaalhi I4.JS, Ibraa aaaalba IMS- OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams BITTER MEDICINE By CHARLES V. STANTON We hope we aren't boring our readers (we're optimistically assuming, of course, that we have readers) by continuing a discussion of the Game Commission's intention to close the Umpqua River to sports fishing for chinook salmon during the 1949 season. We feel a clear discussion of this issue is important be cause much criticism doubtless will be heard. The public even the non-fishing public should be in terested because the Umpqua River represents a potential source of many millions of dollars annually in revenue for our community. If a wood working industry were to announce it would locate in Douglas County and add from five to ten million I dollars per year to our income, everyone would be very ex cited. But too few people realize that the Umpqua River, in these days when recreational fishing is so productive of community income, is one of our most important assets. It will still be yielding revenue long after the bulk of our timber is gone, unless we soon adopt sustained yield forestry prac tices. The recreational value, however, is small unless the river carries sufficient fish life to attract anglers. The chinook salmon is approaching extinction in the Umpqua River. Counts over the Winchester dam, plus care ful observation by scientists at resting holes on the South Umpqua River, revealed only 1,974, 2,993, and 2,239 adult chinooks for the years 1946, 1947 and 1948, respectively. Yet only 20 years ago commercial fishermen were taking 150,000 to 250,000 pounds of spring chinook salmon annually in their nets. Sports fishermen, naturally, are inclined to call names. Because they feel the commercial industry is to blame for our present scarcity of salmon, they feel they should not have to "take the rap." But the fact remains that, regardless of who is to blame, the salmon are rapidly disappearing. Biologists say the sooner we start a restoration program the quicker we will be able to lift the closure, if the restoration work is to be successful. If not, we would have no fishing anyway. Ws frequently have been very critical of the Game Com mission. Regardless of whether our opinion or that of other sports anglers agrees with that of biologists in charge of the Umpqua River study as to whether complete closure is necessary, we admire the Commission's stand. The Commis sion had a hard decision to make. It is proposing a license boost, is seeking cooperation in a five-year expanded game program, is setting up a public relations progrnm, and is asking public approval. Yet, in supporting the recommenda tion of its biologists, it disregarded expediency, knowing full well it would draw much censure and possibly endanger its program. The Game Commission apparently is belatedly responding to the dire situation on the Umpqua a condition that should have received attention many years ago. It is proposing to seek closure of commercial fishing around the mouth of the river where wholesale destruction of both adult and imma ture salmon occurs. It is planning artificial hatching as an aid to natural propagation. It promises more law enforce ment. Last year the Game Commission, acting upon recommen dations of its local biologists and hatchery personnel, re leased more than 50,000 year-old, fall-spawning Rainbow trout in the upper river, affording the best trout fishing in many years. This plan will be repeated again this year, and will in some measure compensate anglers for the loss of their spring salmon sports fishery. Restoring our salmon run will not be an easy task. Ob stacles are many despite the closure. Forest removal will continue. Because of totally inadequate conservation provi sions in our forestry laws, we will have more and more flood water in winter season and lower and lower summer water with higher temperatures.. Because our forestry laws do not require replacement of ground cover on logged off lands, great quantities of silt will be washed into our rivers. Pol lution is increasing daily. We should have forestry laws requiring immediate plant ing of a cover crop to prevent erosion of precious top soil, construction of silting pools in all streams draining logging areas and other conservation regulations. But we do not have them and, consequently, the task of retaining fish in our streams is made more difficult. The Umpqua River is too valuable as a potential source of income to permit further neglect. The bitter medicine proposed by the Game Commission may be distasteful, but the sooner we start taking it the quicker will be the recovery. I' 0X.,I'LL I PONyT THINK Y TH' GALS (SET ll WS I pUliUlW' PUT YOU CAN CURE TIRED SETTIM Wl I I r---" ERNIE J I DESK SITTERS I A TABLE ONLY J W mTf) RIEL I TH' BULL OF TH' THREE TIMES yiJMt R'SHT J WOODS GOT A A DAY- HE'LL T2fW-irrt' ON DESK SET TO HAVE TO DO --Ilrr- V THIS.' J KEEP 'EM OFF-- V IT TEN UL NOW LOOKIT HIM '.) TIMES' VbJJr ftM'Jr.ra. THE PORTABLE FENCE J W$WW B" Viahnett S. Martin jff-TS Sometimes having the tahlps turned on one teaches a helpful lesson, and In a hurry! I waited as long aa I could to serve the luncheon I was giving for the board with whom I served as president of the City College Pa trons, hut the absent guest failed to make an appearance. Some one telephoned but no answer. Later in the day I called and heard an astonished gasp: "Oh!" she said in Just the kind of tone such a delightful person would use, "I Just forgot! I don't see oh, It Isn't on my calendar!" Well, I wasn't precisely compli mented but I was fond of the spenker so I "made nothing of It." And we laughed about It. Just two or three weeks later, as I was going about my house work, a thought hit me with the Impact of a baseball I had stopped once with my head. I rushed to the telephone. "Yes," said the one who was to have been my hostess If I hadn't forgotten to go I'll never know how, because I wanted so much to give the re port for which she had asked me In advance and to meet wilh the rest of the group Invited "I waited a little before serving luncheon because I thought you had been delayed . . . we were awfully sorry you didn't come." And as I floundered in my per fectly truthful explanation, she laughed. "Think nothing of it. We all do things . . ." (She is the mayor's wife now and I guess her tact and graciousness have had no small part in her hus band's political success!) At any rate when tables were turned on me, and I was able to "understand" how an Intelligent woman can do a thing like that with a calendar right by the 'phone, the experience has helped me many a time since not to judge another. I was reminded of this when I received a mis-directed letter, long delayed, an invitation for a meeting in Roseburg six weeks earlier! I wondered if the co hostesses were thinking me dis courteous in not answering the letter? Did Ihey say, "She might at least have acknowledged the Invitation?" ' Although I do live miles south of the Lane County line, Uncle Sam decrees the RFD serving us shall dip down five or six miles into Douglas County to do It! Mail addressed to me In care of the News-Review is forwarded quickly without being opened. And I am always so glad to re ceive letters written to this column. Missing $88,500 Found Stuffed Under Culvert WAUKESHA, Wis., Jan. 20 The $88,500 in currency stol en from a bank's mall shipment last Thursday was found yester day stuffed under a culvert In Frame Park. Postal Inspector E. J. Holmes said the money, still In the bag in which It was shipped by the Waukesha National Bank, was located on an anonymous tele phone tip to the Waukesha Po lice. He said apparently the con tents of the bag were undis turbed. All of the money was In usable condition. The currency, enroute to a Chicago bank, disappeared on the way to the depot. Of E) XO Mother Dies After She Tosses Tots From Fire CHICAGO, Jan. 20 -- ( A young mother leaped to her death irom a window oi ner name en veloned third floor apartment yes terday after dropping her two children into Hie arms or a neign bor. Mrs. Marv Woo. 34. an expec tant mother, died shortly after she was admitted to a hospital. Efforts to save the life of her unborn child failed. Joe Woo Jr., 10, received a pos sible skull fracture, and his sister. Sue Ann. 9. suffered back Injuries and shock in the rescue. The family was tropped when I an extra alarm fire attacked a three-story building In Chicago's Chinatown. About 17 Chinese who occupied quarters In the building fled to the street. One man was reported missing. Kate Smith will exhibi pardonable pride If the bill to repeal the luxury tax on handbags, one of the first Introduced in the new Congress, Is passed. For several years, Kate has regularly attacked this tax on her dally Mutual Don Lee broadcasts 19:15 a. m. Monday through Friday), contending that a handbag is a necessity rather than a luxury, particularly for the low Income group. (At any rate, snmebody'll be loft holding the bag.) Hera's a late flash wa'r mighty pleased to tell you about: On "Club 1490" tonight at 7:30, bandleader Ted Weemt will make a guest appearance on the show in pereoni During his 20 years of band-leading, Weems has helped to launch the ca reers of well-known artiste auch as Marlon Hutton, Red Ingles and Perry Como. Ted Weems Is the one remaining bandleader who doesn't play a muilcal Instrument himself . . . Just leads the orchestra in his famous and popular style. He is well-known for his unique rendition of "Heartaohes." Our thanks to the pro ducer of "Club 1490," Hank Henry, for the above Information. We've all learned by now to dub him "the walking Encyclo pedia." Tonight at S, a snowslidc maroons a miners' village In the moun tains, and it is up to KHJ-Don Lee's "Straight Arrow" to bring aid to the men and to make one of them find his courage again to use a pair of skis and thus save a man's life. Howard Culver stars In the title role of the "Straight Arrow" series. At 8:30 tonight, there'll he action a plenty with "Boston Blackle" . . . and at 10:30, from Washington, D. C, 'The Inaugural Ball'' broadcast will be presented, featuring Guy Lomhardo. Benny Goodman and Xavler Cugat. The President and Mrs. Truman will he present at the affair. A tip on tomorrow night's "Great Scenes," Cornel Wilde will star In Owen Davis' Pulitzer prlte-wlnning play, "Icebound." (7 to 7:30 p. m.) Lost Plone Bearing 20 Persons Object of Search HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan. 19. -Eighty planes and a score of U. S. warships, including two carriers and the battleship Mis souri, led a great search today for a 3ritish airliner down some where in the Atlantic. The giant rescue operation ex panded today after scanning 177, 000 square miles of sea yesterday for a trace of the British South American Airways four-engined Tudor "Ariel" which disappeared with 20 persons Monday while on a 1,000-mile flight from Bermuda to Kingston, Jamaica. In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) TOWARD it The Democratic program won at the polls. a DONT scoff at this eight-billion-dollar program. In a democrat ically governed country such as ours, it never pays to scoff at things that vast numbers of peo ple want. When enough people want things, those things are apt to come. The thing to avoid in connec tion with such proposals as this is the notion that the desired benefits will COME FOR FREE. They won't They will cost money. The only way to get the money to pay for them is out of the hides of the people. That Is where such money al ways has come from. That is where It will come from now. That is where It HAS to come from. In one way or another, you will pay your share of It gage room and office, represent ing most of the building were destroyed completely. Mail and express was lost in the fire but office equipment and records were saved, he said. The frame building was 700 feet west of the new passenger sta tion used jointly by the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific rail roads. It was used in recent years for baggage and freight storage and for office work. Umpqua Cabinet Shop Home and Store Remodeling Bar Stools Chair Table Ensembles Kitchen Cabinets Phone 449-R-3 or 337-R-3 2040 N. Stephens BL7f If you WANT IT, if you are willing to pay your share of the cost because you believe it will be WORTH ITS COST, that is another matter. The only advice this writer can offer is to do some solid thinking about It. HOW IS THE PLUMBING IN YOUR HOUSE? If it is old style and unsightly no doubt you have often wished for a complete overhauling with new modern plumbing fix tures, tile or tile-board walls and a Kentile floor. Why not have this work done now that good materials are available? If de sired we can handle this for you on a budget plan with small monthly payments. Whatever you need in bathroom or kitchen fixtures, floor covering or wall work see the . . . COEN SUPPLY CO. Phone 121 Floed and Mill Sti. T HINGS of this character are NING. The idea back of all this present trend Is that by better planning (along with co-operation) a better life can be had for more people. Don't discount planning. When It Is wise and realistic, it CAN produce better results. The state of Oregon, for exam ple, has Just named a new 15-man committee on Interstate co-opera tion. It will work with similar groups from other Western states. One of the Jobs It will tackle is providing UNIFORM daylight saving laws. If this daylight-saving problem (which does have some valuable angles) is handled wisely and well, It can avoid the terrible mess we got Into last year through lack of intelligent plan ning on such matters. ROOFING COMMERCIAL Johnj-Manville Certified Applicator! RESIDENTIAL JOHNS-MANVILLE CERTAIN-TEED CALL US FOR FREE ESTIMATES DENN-GERRETSEN CO. Phone 128 402 W. Oak St. T HE idea to be avoided is that M EASLE8 INCREASING PORTLAND, Jan. 20 wpt Five cases of infantile paralvsls were reported last week, after a week in which no new cases oc curred, the state board of health said yesterday. Two persons were stricken Iri Benton county, one In Clatsop, and two in Marlon. Measles continued increasing in prevalence, with 501 new cases. That reflected a nation-wide trend. take the place of industry, thrift, foresight and careful handling of your own affairs. After all, THERE ARE NO MAGIC WANDS. Good planning Is a splendid thing. But It won't (and can't) he a satisfactory sub stitute for work and thrift and personal Initiative. Northern Pacific Depot ' In Moscow Razed by Fire MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 19.iX) ure last night destroyed most of the Northern Pacifie railroad's old depot in Moscow. Carl Dorfler, superintendent of the line's Idaho division, said in Spokane that the building's bag. STUMP BLASTER KILLED FOREST GROVE, Jan. 20-4 -P) - A premature dynamite blast while clearing stumps was fatal yesterday to George Cross, 42, Knrest drove. The blast occurred at hi home. His physician reported that Cross told him a faulty fuse set off a blast prematurely. His widow survives. Classified advertising Is as near aa your telephone phone 100. Union Shop in Miners' Contract Ruled Illegal WASHINGTON. Jan. lfl--(.!Pv A National Labor Relations Board examiner ruled today that the union shop provision of the contract be-twn soft coal oper ators and John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers is illegal. The legality of the one-year agreement, made last July 1. was challenged by U. S. Steel Corpor ation and other steel interests who operate "captive'' mines sup plying coal to steel mills. A brief strike over the union shop provision shut down the steel company mines last July. The walkout ended after Fed eral Judge T. Alan Goldshorough arranged for a continuance of work until the courts had an op portunity to pass on the Issue. The Taft-Hartley act prohibits employers from making a union shop agreement with employes without a majority vote of those workers. ! TIMBER Don't Be Bashful Ik Get off the stump ond bring In that listing. We have good responsible buyers waiting. C. S. Briggs & Co. 112 W. Con Sr. Phone 914 AUTOMATIC SAVm tS SURE SAVING U.S. SAVNGS BONOS Just $3.75 sprinkled into U. S. Savings Bonds each week grows into $2,163.45 in ten short, yearei L And, it's the world's safest, soundest investment: So sign up today for one of the bond-buying plana where you work, or where you bank. Douglas County State Bank Member rederal t Deposit Insuranca Corp. LAY-AWAY . . . LAY-AWAY LAY-AWAY . . . ROSEBURG JEWELERS yW'l',1-1 'i'J ,i. jji eaaj m ra.., fE.DEtraESHi DeMOLAY CHIEF DIES KANSAS CIT'. Jan. 20 -Pi-Dr. Stratton D. 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